travel_dude

NAS trades 47 and 147 (?) for DET pick

2 goalies so far in R2

The advantage of NA hockey scouting is they will play the NHL game in NA. It's hard to tell with Olympic size rink play how they transition. But really the secret is to invest a ton in scouting in other countries. BTW, want Askarov? NAS was shopping him. Think they are less impressed with him now. As far as picks, see my trade of Hanifin to CBJ for 3rd overall in the 2nd round + Boqvist. I have no interest in trading for Duclair with any high-value assets. Not unless it somehow includes Lundell. Maybe a package of Mangiapane + Backlund for Lundell and Duclair. They get a proven pair. Hehe.

I have no issues with the pick. I would have been more upset with just taking antother Canadian kid from the WHL. I'm sure we will like whathe is in the coming years. Ruzicka was impressive and he wasn't this skilled or committed.

Well some of the blame for those players leaving has to go to the GM that didn't manage to go max term. Hanifn, Gaudreau and Tkachuk all went with shorter term deals. I blame the GM for this, but not directly to the individual player deals as much as keeping other crap on salary or spending too much on UFA's that resulted in the cap situation. Also the artificial Gio cap. 6 years for both JH and Hanifin, when they appeared to be long term and were young enough that a 8 year deal would end while they were still usable. Tkachuk with 3 years when we knew exactly what he was. So, you can't blame those Amerks for bailing. They put in the time they were given.

I'm interested to see if we try to move up or get additional 2nd round picks. DET cornered the market on 2nds, and they will just pick 3 in a row, getting a good selection of player types. Maybe we can swing a deal for Hanifin with his buddy's team CBJ. Add to the return obviously. Maybe Boqvist? Might be dreaming but They will have lots of help on offense, just need a solid D. LOL

Moore and Stramel are committed to the NCAA, so we may have wanted to get involved with one not tied to university. There is some risk there no doubt. Perreault is going to Boston College. Musty might have been seen to be riskier. Ritchie had a shoulder injury, so maybe shades of Bennett? I don't think we did poorly at all. I think there were some players we may have targeted for other reasons, but obviously the guy we picked was top on our list. Defeinitely scouted heavily by Flames. I would hope they look at more Euros in the coming rounds. US players as well.

There are some notable players likely not getting qualified. But, I truly believe we need to keep space both on the roster and cap, to claim waiver players. We can't let a situation happen where we are waiving young guys and keeping guys like Stone and Ritchie. Keep the roster such that you can make a claim without any difficult moves like sitting and demoting a guy playing just so you can grab a player and keep him in the NHL.

So, I heard that Honzek is not really a C, but a winger. Hope he learns all positions. Nothing wrong with a big winger and I would argue we have little size on the wing currently. Seeing as he is good along the boards, he may be a good fit.

Maybe the scouts don't like to travel. Oh, just a drive through Ontairo? Okay.

I would consider trading Vladar for an early 2nd rounder. There are still top picks out there.

Well I guess I have to find the souce for tomorrow's draft. Can't remember where I watched the picks come off the board. Any suggestions?

From what I understood about BT with the Flames, the scouts made the call and BT just decided based on consensus from the scouts. That's why they had a list.

Ask the head scout. BT wasn't exactly free to override scouts. He was probably sick having to hear the name. But, I am glad he wasn't here for this draft. I suspect we may have picked someone else fans would be more upset with.

No surprise, Button has good things to say about Honzek. BT reaches, bu the looks of it. At least we stayed near the board. LOL

TO fans about to lose it.....

BT picking now

On the other hand, we could have done a lot worse.

I'm tuning it out, because the rest of this round is hearbreak.

I was thinking about Jay Feaster.

Flames GM. You need to get 3-5 things wrong to have a chance at getting fired.

Hope they sewed it on the right way.

Stevie is smart, but also when you have 2 picks, you laugh at others.

DET went for ASP